VOL. 32 NO. 40
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1937
FIVF CENTS PER COPY
State And National News
Condensed In Brief Form
—state News—
Asheville, Oct. G.—Wallace 15. Da
vis, who was parceld after serving a
portion of a prison sentence for vio
lating the state- banking laws in con
nection with the failure of the Ceri
tral Bank and Trust company here
in 1930, enjoyed a restored citizen
ship status today. Judge A. Hail
Johnston restored the citizensrip
yesterday after a hearing.
Goldsboro, Oct. G.—Barry Head, a
farmer, was in a critical condition n
a hospital today with a wound which
Deputy Hoy Percise said was inflict
ed by "Coon” Hall, a negro.
Percise said the men engaged in
an argument and Hall struck hiis
head with a piece of iron.
Kally Day biinday At
Presbyterian S. S.
It is considered to be of great j
interest when any record is broken, j
and Charles Thoniasson, Superinten
dent of the First Presbyterian Sun-!
day School, is looking forward to'
breaking the attendance record at'
the Rally Day service to be held
Sunday morning. Supt. Thomasson.i
says there are approximately 4.009
people in Kings Mountain who do1
not attend any Sunday School, and
lie extends a cordial invitation to
every single one of those 4,000 to
meet with the Presbyterians at their
Rally Day program
The record attendance still stands
at the figure made year before last
which is 201. The goal set for tills
year is 225. This will be the last.
Rally Day to be held in the old chur
ch. and it is thought that the record
will be broken. An interesting pro
gram has been arranged with both
teachers and pupils taking part.
Local Hi Meets
Cherryville Here Friday
The Kings Mountain High School
Football team will meet the Cherrv»
vlile outfit here Friday afternoon at;
3:30. The Mountaineers will be ini
tip-top form and are hoping to take|
the visitors in, without much trou-^
We.
Conch Moss has had his team hard]
a* work in preparation for this game j
I.oca] fans are invited to come out
to the game and pull for Kings
Mountain to win.
A CORRECTION
Through an oversight two m«m-|
bers of the Board of Deacons of thei
First Presbyterian church were o
mitted last week. Messrs J. F- Alli-j
son and C. F. Stowe should have
been included in the list. The Her
ald regrets the error.
—iNational News—
Vera Cruz. Mexico, Oct. 5.—Twen
y two persons were feared to have
been drowned early today when the
coastal passenger liner Y interne
Antonia sank in the gulf of Mexico
m route to Yucatan. Only eight pas
sengers were rescued from the 120
ton vessel which was a total loss.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. 5.—A negro
woman's scream for help caused the
death of Harley S. Kinsey, 27, a
painter.
County Police Chief A. P. Nelson,
said Maty Gasden related Frank
P'ield. negro, was beating her and
Kinsey answered her scream.
Nelson said Field anu Kinsey went
for guns and when Kinsey teturned
he was shot.
Field ran into the house of Conn
ty Policeman Gene Herron and sur
rendered.
narrow, na., uct. ».— me ivu iviux
Klan's state leader today denied ru
mors of its participation in the 1935
Tampa triple flogging and declared
the Klan did not approve of flogging
under any circumstances.
The case comes into court for the
second time Wednesday.
Moscow. Oct. 5.—The President
and seven other high officials of the
Adjarian republic of the union of
Soviet socialist republics were re
ported today to have been executed
for treasonable plotting with an un
named foreign power.
Milton, Fla., Oct. 5.—-Sheriff Joe
Allen of Santa Kosa county reported
today four men took a negro prison
er from him on the highway near
Fort -Walton, Fla., late last night.
The negro's body was found later
riddled with bullets.
Raceland, La.. Oct. 5.—Freddie J.
Falgout, 21. who died August 20, aft
er a splinter from an anti-aircraft
shell had struck him aboard the U.
S S. Augusta in Shanghai harbor,
was buried in his native Louisiana
yesterday.
A full military mass was held in
little St. Mary’s church in this town
of f>00 persons. Trappers, fishermen
and farmers for miles up and down
winding LaFourclie attended.
Paris, Oct. 5.—The Duke oi Wind
sor’s intention to take his American
bride to the United States to study
labor problems in her native land
was believed by foreign observers to
day to open a broad, new political
life for the labor-minded former
British emperor.
Chicago, Oct. 5.—Operating em
ployees of the nation's major rail
roads went to work today under a
new wage agreement which will put
$35,000,000 a year more in their pay
envelopes.
Laughing Around the World
With JP.\rTN S. COBB
Not To Be A Round Trip
By IRVIN S. COBB
CCOUTING on suspected*ground, the revenue agent assigned to duty
in a certain foot hill county on the edge of the Kentucky moun
tains, saw a simple-minded looking twelve year old boy loitering along
a by-path in the woods.
He hailed the youngster.
“Say, kid,” he began cautiously, “do you live around here?”
“Yep.”
“Where do you live?"
“In that cabin right up the read here a piece.”
“So? What’s you name, then?”
“Shep Coombs.”
“What’s your daddy’s name?”
“Anse Coombs.”
“Aha 1” said the raider. The scent was growing warm. “Well, now,
look here, boy, how’d you like to make a little money?”
“I’d like it fust-rate.”
“Then tell me whether there’s any moonshining going on in this
neck of the woods.”
“Shore there is. Pap and Uncle Bill and Shad Eversole air runnin’
a still right up yonder on the top of the ridge.”
“Are they there now?”
“Yep.”
“And how do you get to where they are?”
“Jest follow this trail.”
“Well, that’s fine,” said the revenue man. “I think you’ve earned
a dollar and I’m going to give it to you, too.” He girded up his loins and
prepared to ascend the slope.
“Hold on thar, Mister,” said the informant. “How about my dollar?”
"You’ll get it—there’s no hurry. Just stay right here.”
“I’d ruther have it now.”
“What’s the matter with you anyhow?” demanded the stranger.
“I’ve promised you a dollar and I always keep my promises.”
“But I’d heap ruther get it now.”
“I tell you there’s no hurry. I’m going to hand you that dollar as
noon as I come back from up this hill.”
“Mister,” said the youngster softly, “you ain’t cornin’ back.”
(American News Features. Inc.)
' SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
VERY GOOD
Statistics for the first month cf
the Kings Mountain White School*
show an increased enrollment over
that of last year.
Central Elementary has an en
rollment of 465 —• an increase cf 4«
over last year.
Central High School, 366 — an in
crease of 52.
Ea.-t Elementary, 359--a decrease
of 1.
West Elementary, 220—a decrease
<-f :;r. A total increase of 76. Hast
and West Schools show a decree so
■ h school has cue teacher less
than last year. Central Elementary
a- one more -teacher, and Central
High School two additional teachers.
The first month of school show's
good attendance. Average daily at
tendance for high school, 93 per cent
Central Elementary, 98. East Elemen
tary. 97.66. West Elementary, 96.93.
Average attendance high school, 341
Central Elementary, 449. East school
337. West school, 209.
Miles Ware Dies
After Long Illness
Miles H. Ware, prominent farmer
of El Bethel, died at his home Thurs
day morning. He was 68 vears and
J1 months old, and had been in ill
health for two years.
He was born October 27. 1863. He
married Miss Georgia Neal, October
20, 1892.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at El
Bethel church. Dr. C. J. Black, ot
Bessemer City, officiated, assisted by
Rev. G. Swope. A quartette sang Mr
Ware’s favorite songs: “We Are Go
ing Down the Valley’, and “Never
Grew Old..’
liis nephews served as pall-bearers
and his granddaughters and ueices
as flower girls.
Surviving relatives are his wife,
Georgia Neal Ware, one sister, Mrs.
G. P. Barber, one brother, Mr. Rob
ert Ware, of Dublin, Ga. O ne son
and one daughter preceded him to
the grave, leaving three sons and
five daughters: Oscar, Crowder and
IlHeman Ware, Mrs. Jennie Bush,
Mrs. Tom Roberts, Mrs. Cyrus Falla,
Mrs. Jake Hord. all of Kings Moun
tain, and Mrs. Charlie Wright ot
Earl. 26 grandchildren also survive.
He was a member of Oak Grove
church. Served as Sunday school su
perintendent and church olerk. He
was chairman of the building com
mittee for the new church, also Beth
Ware school house.
! He was cotton statistician for 11
years.
His parents were James G. Ware
and Edildi Hamibrick Ware. His
grandparents were among the pion
eer settlers of this county, coming
over from Ireland.
| Mr. Ware was honest, upright,
: hard working citizen. He loved his
friends. His gain is our loss. He will
: be missed in his home and commun
I ity.
MEMBER OF CAROLINA
PLAYMAKERS
Miss Frances Goforth, of Kings
Mountain, who is a student at the
University of North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill, has been signally honor
od by being chosen as member of
the Carolina Play Makers. To quali
fy for this honor, students must not
only show marked dramatic ability
but must also have high scholastic
rating. Miss Goforth is talented an.I
has considerable training in this
line of work.
Kings Mountain Drug Co.
Making Improvements
The Kings Mountain Drug Co uv
dor the co-managership of Mess: -
Don Blanton and Johhny McGill, i -
being enlarged. A balcony across
the entire rear of the store is bein :
added, booths will be installed to
take care of the increasing trade
front the modern soda fountain. The
prescription department will be lo
cated under the balcony.
Messrs Blanton and McGill should
be congratulated upon their cndi ;n
or to keep abreast of the times.
TOWN BOARD MEETS
The Town Council held its regular
monthly meeting for October Mon
day night. An ordinance was passed
requiring all filling stations within
the city limits to close on Sunday
during the hours between 9 A. M. to
12:30 P. M., and from 6:30 P. M to
9:00 P. M.
After the meeting some of the
members thought it. advisable to also
close all stores and cafes, as well as
the filling stations. And at the pres
ent time it is undecided as to exact
ly the restrictions the new ordinance
wilt require.
I Annual Floral Fair To Be
!
field Friday, November 5
Bercan Bible Class
Elects Officers
The Berean Bible class of the
i' • • -i'est church, last Sunday,
elected the following oiiicer.s iur u.
;onniig year.
K C. McClain, president.
Earl Tale. 1st vice president.
Jake Hord, 2nd vice president.
M. C. Amos, 3rd vice president.
Ho; Kerby, 4th vice president.
1 J< , Lee Wood ward, teacher.
John Floyd, Asst. Teacher.
Jack Huilender. roc. secretary.
Aubrey Clay, cor. secretary.
Baxter Wright, treasurer.
ivl. C. Wingate, publicity director.
These ofiicers all being re-elected
with the exception of Aubrey Clay
and M. C. Wingate, what were elec
ted to fill two newly created offices.
The Berean Bible class was organ
ized on t lie first Sunday of October
1936, with just a few members and
has grown to a membership of 107.
A hearty welcome is extended to
all men to study the Bible with tliiis
class on Sunday morning at 9:45.
Meeting of Dramatic Club
Miss Hord called a meeting of the
Dramatic Club on Thursday, Septem
ber 50. It met in the study hall, and
the following officers were elected
for tile year 1937-38:
President: Elizabeth Plonk.
Vice President: Wilburn White.
Secretary: Edgar Cooper.
Treasurer: Buddy Falls.
The president appointed the fol
lowing committees:
Name Committee: Edgar Cooper,
chairman; Gloria Cornwell and Char
les Thomeuson.
Motto Committee: Lallafaye Sides,
chairman; Hal Allen, Juanita Huds
peth and Virginia Hill.
Program Committee: Eolihe Keef
er, chairman; Sara Herndon. Vera
Phifer and Buren Neill.
Color Committee: Nina Putnam,
chairman; Julia Herndon, Willie Lee
l.ankhead, Fay Penland.
Advertising Committee: Wilburn
White, chairman; Sarah Henry Sun
mitt, Charles Thomasson, Lillian
Moss.
Newspaper Reporter: Marjorie
Rhea.
Belk’s Improve Shoe
Department
Belk's invites the citizens of Kings
Mountain and community to coin3
in and have a pedogroptaic picture
made of their feet to ascertain the
size and last which should be woit.
Belk's have improved their Shoe
Department and have ample room
to accommodate friends and waiting
customers.
Their shoe stock is now complete
in styles, sizes and lasts.
O. W. Myers, manager. invites
your inspection of their various de
1 partment and roam around and feel
at home.
Will Rogers’
Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
' i 'H >s r VE made bo many new m
cords flying lately that it's aw
fol hard to think up an? new ro
,o\
i -
cords to work for. There’s hardly
any place left to fly to for a record,
and for staying up in the air and
staying on the ground and every
| thin* Tike that, they've got all the
records sewed up.
So there was a guy started out
in a little plane not very long ago,
sad he hinted around the field that
lie was going after a record. I'll
come back with a record that'll sur
prise you, he says.
So the papers printed rumors
that he was going to fly straight
up and not come hack for a year,
or he was going to dive deeper into
tite ocean and back again than any
body else ever did, or something
like that.
Weil, sir, that night he crashed
Into the top of a tall flr tree and
I stuck there. When he climbed down
1 the reporters says, to him, “Say, It’s
i tough that you didn’t get to make
n record, alnt it?”
"Oh, didn’t IT” he says. "Who
I else ever came down on the top of
e flr tree without ever climbing
up there; can you snswer me
that?” ,
(Amuiau Nxn Future*, In*.}
Prizes or ribbons will be awardt tl
! on the following list of things at tin
Annual Floral Fair put on by the
Woman's flub. This event will be
held at the Club House on Friday.
Not ember 5. opening at 10:00 A. M
i Dinner and supper will b- served
in connection with the Fair ami
every one is most cordially invited.
The prize lists are open to the en
: Hu* commatiity for competition. W"
i hope everybody will take a keen in
terest in working for the these prizes
so that we may have a large and
bealtiful array of flowers, fancy
work, cakes, pies and candies. This
! is what it will take to make the
| show a success.
The business ptople of our town
have always been most generous in
givingarticles and money for prizes
and we know they will continue to
do so. This year an invitation is
given, not only to our business hous
es. but to our professional men and
all other citizens who will do so to
git e a prize the price of a prize so
that we may increase our list of priz
es for competition and enlist a wider
interest. We believe all our towns
people are interested in the success
of this event which, over a period of
thirty years or more, has come to
lie sort of a community institution.
Our committees on prizes and on
kitchen supplies will make their
usual canvass within the next few
days and we ask that they be receiv
ed in the spirit in which they come,
that of civic cooperation.
The object of the Floral Fair is
two-told. The first is to stimulate the
growing of line late summer and fall
tlowers. To share their beauty and
exchange ideas for their use and en
joyment in our homes thereby en
riching homelife. 'i lie secou.l is u
realize a profitable sum for main
taining the Club House and for [lay
ing the Building and Loan premiums
thereon. The cooperation of the en
tire town is needed to realize either
VI Ulese
In order to have a quantity of sale
able things in our various depart
ments and a beautiful floral display
j we must have a large number of de
sirable prizes, in order to share the
beauty of out flowers and to sell the
j articles on display for that purpose
we must have a large attendance so
you see cooperation is all that is nec
essary and after all, that is just the
same quelity required to build a
town, is it not?
It is not necessary to call attention
to the fact that the sole object ox
the Woman’s Club is to render a
civic serviie to this community an i
| that the sixty-live women who hold
membership in it receive no person
1 al reward except that which comes
front the inner consciousness of
Having given their best to the com
munity in which they live. The fact
that the Club house has been in use
ou an average of twice a week since
i its opening six years ago proves that
it fills a need. We believe that it is
i a definite asset to the town and that
' it is appreciated. We have just com
pleted the lounge room floored and
screened the auditorium and painted
the entire structure. This work has
absorbed all our cash on hand, which
makes essential the fact that the
Floral Fair be a financial success il
our Building and Uxxn payments
I are nui tu la^ov..
! This year we are adding two new
phases to our Fair. One is an exhibit
of w'ork from our three city schools
Prof. Barnes has assured us of the
, hearty cooperation of himself and
I his corps of teachers in making this
exhibit a worthy one.
I We are making plans also to have
[ an are exhibit in connection with
| the event. Artists from this sectiion
of the State are beng invited to ex
i hibil specimens of their work. There
i will also lie an exhibit of school an
and one of work done by amatcuis.
Anyone desiring to show spec!
mens in this exhibit may do so b>
getting in touch with Mrs. M. A
1 Ware, who is in charge.
| AVe expect to have a talk on ar
in the afternoon of the day of thi
i pair. Further announcement in re
gard to this will be made later.
Please read carefully the following
prize lists, put the paper away foi
reference and begin at once to ge
j something ready for entry in tin
show.
FLOWER DEPARTMENT
Chrysantt yiums
! Best collection, 6 varieties 2 bloom;
! each. 2nd best, as above,
i Best vase 8 blooms, 6 varieties. 2nt
best, as above.
Best whites, 3 blooms.
Best yellow, 3 blooms.
Best pinks, 3 blooms.
Best bronze, 3 blooms.
Best collection of pompons ant
i daisies. 2nd best.
Rose*
i Best vase reds, 6 blooms.
(Cont’d on Editorial page)
BOYS ARE LEARNING
: TO COOK AND SEW
j Kings Mountain High School of
I ft-i6 additional courses t’niis year,
j Courses in General Business Tralin
I ing. Bookkeeping and Home Econo
j suit’s for boys have been added, each
jcoui.-e cariylng one unit’s credit.
This addition tuts brought about a
considerable change in the ('otnmer
ial I) parttnent. Heretofore. there
has been offered one unit it. type
v.nting and one unit in shorthand—
a u tal ol two units of commercial
work, i year tile school is offer
j a course which makes possible
'two linos in typewriting, one unit its
i shorthand, one unit in General Bus*
< iness Training, and one unit in
Bookkeeping a total of five units.
A pupil taking the full Commercial
Course will have, at his graduation,
live of liis sixteen high school uni's
' in Commercial training. This means
I that more than one full year of bus
iness education is being offered.
I The new course in Home Econom
ics for boys, offered this year for
the first time in Kings Mountain, is
i going over in a big way. It has been
necessary to limit the number of
boys who could take the couse. The
course includes, besides cooking and
; sewing, instruction in budgeting.
: matching colors, mechanics, painting
decorating, etc. It is considered one
of the most practical courses in
school, and is entirely different from
the girls’ course in this subject.
Herndon Reunion
Is Held Sunday
A reunion of the descendants of
the late George and Mary Carrutli
Graham Herndon was held at Beth
lehem Baptist church, the old hoinH
church of the couple and of their
children. The reunion marked the
127th anniversary of tlie birth of
George Herndon and the 115th aim!
ersary of the birth of his wife, Mary
Carruth Graham Herndon.
Dr. C. J. Biack, of Bessemer City
conducted the devotional service.
An interesting history of the Hern
don family was given by P. D. Hern
don and S. C. Ratterre, the latter cov
! ering a period of 233 years.
1 Of the ten children of the couple
only on. Mrs. S. C. Ratterree. sur
vives Of the ten children of the cou
1 pie, nine families were represented
at the reunion.
I Among other interesting facts
brought out in Mr. Ratterree’s ac
count of the Herndon family was
l the fact that during a period of BO
years, 9 months and 2 days, only two
deaths occurred.
The house in which the couple
were married !<4 years ago is still
in perfect condition and is owned by
J. L. and E. B. Herndon.
Tile reunion was attended by mem
bers cf the family from Kings Moan
tain. Grover. Shelby, Charlotte, Co
lumbia, S. C., and other sections and
a permanent organization was per
fected with J. Lester Herndon, of
Grover, chairman. P. D. Herndon ot
Kings Mountain, secretary, S. C.
Ratterree of Kings Mountain, hist
orian. Mrs. \V. A. Herndon and 8. C.
Ratterree of Kings Mountain, and
Miss Beulah Parker of Shelby, com
mittee on time and place of meeting.
A permanent date was announced
as the second Sunday in July, the
place of meeting to be announced at
later date.
Rev. Murray E. I>ove To
Preach At A. R. P. Church
Uev. Murray E. Love of Hunters
ville. N. C.. will preach at both servi
ces in the A. R. P. Church on Sab
1 hath Mr. Love is lately from Tampa
Florida. This is the first time he has
appeared in this pulpit. Mr. Boyce
is preaching daily at Parkwood Av
enue Church in Charlotte.
! (Opinions Expressed in This Column
Are Not Necessarily the Views of
This Newspaoer.)
I Washington’s ear-to-the-ground do
partment is at work again, now that
Congress is out of the way for the
moment, trying to find out anew
what the folks back home are think
i ing. Some rather interesting and
I surprising reports are coming in.
I In the interesting but ttot surpriis
ing category are innumerable reports
showing that the ‘just ordinary folks'
are sick and tired of picking up their
i dail and weekly newspapers and see
1 ing nothing but news abouut strikes.
Some of these reports, too, surprise
i Washington officials by recounting
: how more and more people ore de
! mauding that labor unions ho made
(Coat’d on Society page)